Wednesday 23 December 2009

Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics

An utterly ridiculous album from South Park and Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo. There's not much to say about this album really... it's from South Park so you can guess what it's about :)

For all you people who have no idea who Mr Hankey is you can watch the full episode at www.southparkstudios.co.uk.

Here's the tracklisting (192kbps)...
01) Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo
02) Merry Fucking Christmas
03) O Holy Night
04) Dead, Dead, Dead
05) Carol Of The Bells
06) The Lonely Jew On Christmas
07) I Saw Three Ships
08) It Happened In Sun Valley
09) O Tannenbaum
10) Christmas Time In Hell
11) What The Hell Child Is This
12) Santa Claus Is On His Way
13) Swiss Colony Beef Log
14) Hark The Herald Angels Sing
15) Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel
16) The Most Offensive Song Ever
17) We Three Kings
18) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

DOWNLOAD MR HANKEY'S CHRISTMAS CLASSICS

Sunday 13 December 2009

The Cravats (Crass Records)

Here's another single from my recent sort out. The Cravats were a punk rock band from Redditch near Birmingham, England. They only released one single on Crass Records but had a few other releases on Small Wonder Records and the like. Again this is not your standard anarcho-punk fare but something a little different and definitely worth hearing. You can check out the wikipedia page for The Cravats here.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Rub Me Out
02) When Will We Fall

DOWNLOAD THE CRAVATS - RUB ME OUT EP

Saturday 12 December 2009

Hit Parade (Crass Records)

Hit Parade was Dave Hyndman from Belfast, with occassional assistance by members of Crass on backing vocals but mostly it was Dave. This EP was released in 1982 on Crass Records & rather than guitars, bass & drums it is anarcho-dance!?!, using drum boxes & samplers. I've also included a rip of the Plastic Culture 12" EP, which was released in 84.

(text from Southern Records)
This record exposes the tyranny of the British Government's attacks on Northern Ireland. Borrowing from Outta Control: Paper of the Belfast Anarchists, the record sleeve/poster details the atrocities of prisons in which "political criminals" are locked up for speaking out against the unjust, violent sectarian state which has long ignored outcries from its inhabitants. The sleeve/poster pictures those who died in peaceful demonstrations and hunger strikes, specifically, the "H Block" hunger strike. "Britains role in Northern Ireland, both on the streets and in legislative methods is clearly repressive and designed to keep in check a rebellious section of the population...which seeks to take control of and responsibility for its own future.

AS LONG AS POPULATIONS ARE UNABLE TO TAKE A UNITED STAND AGAINST ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION, THEY WILL REMAIN SUBSERVIENT TO IT.

[FLAC FORMAT] DOWNLOAD THE HIT PARADE COLLECTION
[MP3 FORMAT] DOWNLOAD THE HIT PARADE COLLECTION

Here's the tracklistings...

BAD NEWS EP
01) Here's What You Find In Any Prison
02) More Faces
03) Bad News
04) H Block

PLASTIC CULTURE EP
05) Product Of The Troubles
06) Media Song

[FLAC FORMAT] DOWNLOAD THE HIT PARADE COLLECTION
[MP3 FORMAT] DOWNLOAD THE HIT PARADE COLLECTION


Note: If the above links don't work try the following from Rapidshare...
[FLAC] DOWNLOAD HIT PARADE COLLECTION [RAPIDSHARE]
[MP3] DOWNLOAD HIT PARADE COLLECTION [RAPIDSHARE]

Friday 11 December 2009

Sleeping Dogs (Crass Records)

I've been digging through some old singles recently so I thought I'd post a few up. The "Beware Sleeping Dogs" EP was released on Crass Records in 1982 and rather than being your standard anarcho-punk this is definitely more of an experimental style. The Sleeping Dogs were the first American band on Crass Records though the American singer/poet Annie Anxiety had released the Barbed Wire Halo EP in 1981 (Cheers to SP for reminding me). Although this EP was released over 25 years ago the lyrics are still valid today covering subjects like American imperialism and war.

Here's the tracklisting (256kbps)...
01) Same Old Story
02) Concrete
03) Suzy's Song
04) (I Got My Tan In) El Salvador
05) Soldier

DOWNLOAD BEWARE SLEEPING DOGS EP

Saturday 5 December 2009

Ivor Cutler - Dandruff

Okay then... here's an album from a true eccentric. Ivor Cutler was a singer / poet / musician / writer / oddball from Glasgow in Scotland. This album was originally released in 1974 and even though I've heard a few of his other albums this is the one I know best. It contains such classics as Fremsley, I Believe In Bugs & If All The Cornflakes. Let's be honest, this isn't the kind of thing you'll be listening to everyday (respect to you if you do tho :) but every once in a while it's a lovely thing to hear.

There's a full discography/bibliography at his wikipedia page. I won't show the full track list here as there's 45 songs, view them here.

DOWNLOAD IVOR CUTLER - DANDRUFF (160kbps - 55MB)

Thursday 3 December 2009

Five Day Rain

This post is to wish my mate Leon a happy birthday :)

Here's a copy of the Five Day Rain album (Leon's dad was the keyboard player). This was originally released in 1970 and is one of the best 60s-style (hippies ;) albums you've never heard.

Five Day Rain were basically a studio band. They never toured or did any gigs but spent their time with Homegrown Music writing songs either at Grahams cottage or in the studio. The line up was Graham Maitland (keyboards/organ/Mellotron), Rick Sharpe (lead guitar), Clive Burgess (bass) and the drummer who’s name was Kim (apparently). Added to this line up was John Holbrook who was another engineer at IBC at the time of the recordings.

DOWNLOAD FIVE DAY RAIN (TRACKS 1 - 6)
DOWNLOAD FIVE DAY RAIN (TRACKS 7 - 14)

(following text from phrockblog.blogspot.com)
This band formed in late '68 as Iron Prophet, a heavy trio comprising Rick Sharpe, Clive Burgess and Dick Hawkes. They changed their name to Five Day Rain in early 1970 with the arrival of Graham Maitland. This is one of the rarest UK albums; just 15 copies of this album were put out but soon after someone circulated 'white label' copies of it so beware of these. The album was recorded at IBC Studios in Portland Place, London, during 1970. Some of the best albums and singles of the 60's and 70's come out of there but sadly the premises are now offices. Brian Carroll and the legendary engineer Damon Lyon-Shaw produced and mixed for their own 'HOMEGROWN MUSIC' company. Brian started as a disc cutter there, and cut the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Small Faces, and 'Live at Leeds' for the Who. Damon engineered all the major LP's of the late 60's and early 70's for everyone from The Who, The Small Faces, Status Quo, Cream and the Rolling Stones & albums such as Tommy and Farewell Cream. The incredibly talented Sharon Tandy was on backing vocals, along with Lynn Maitland (hello Leon's mum :), as were Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell & Dan Peek from the band America.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Marie's A Woman
02) Leave It At That
03) Don't Be Misled
04) Rough Cut Marmalade
05) Good Year
06) Sea Song
07) Lay Me Down
08) The Reason Why
09) Fallout
[Bonus tracks from remastered album (256kbps)]
10) Too Much Of Nothing
11) Antonia
12) So Don't Worry
13) The Boy
14) Wanna Make Love To You

DOWNLOAD FIVE DAY RAIN (TRACKS 1 - 6)
DOWNLOAD FIVE DAY RAIN (TRACKS 7 - 14)

Friday 27 November 2009

Butthole Surfers

This is a collection of music by the Butthole Surfers. They've covered a wide spectrum of musical styles from the standard alternative rock, sounding like R.E.M. right through to the bizarre and experimental, sounding like... well... only The Buttholes really and that is something you have to admire and respect. This best of will give you a bit of all their different sounds so there should definitely be something you like. It will all fit nicely onto a CD and I've included some covers if you want to burn yourself a copy.

(following text from wikipedia)
The Butthole Surfers are an American alternative / punk / experimental / drug crazed rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but the core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been together since 1983.

The Buttholes are best known for their chaotic and disturbing live shows, black humor, a sound that incorporates elements of punk rock, psychedelia, heavy metal, noise rock, and electronica, as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing. The Buttholes have a well-reported appetite for recreational drugs, particularly psychedelics, an evident influence on their sound.

DOWNLOAD BUTTHOLE SURFERS [TRACKS 1-15] (80MB)
DOWNLOAD BUTTHOLE SURFERS [TRACKS 16-28] (88MB)

Discography
(1984) Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
(1986) Rembrandt Pussyhorse
(1987) Locust Abortion Technician
(1988) Hairway To Steven
(1991) piouhgd
(1993) Independent Worm Saloon
(1996) Electriclarryland
(2001) Weird Revolution
* Note: Check the wiki page for the full discography including EPs & singles etc.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Lonesome Bulldog II (from pioughd)
02) Birds (from Electriclarryland)
03) The Shah Sleeps In Lee Harveys Grave (from Butthole Surfers)
04) Who Was In My Room Last Night (from Independent Worm Saloon)
05) I Hate My Job (from Humpty Dumpty LSD)
06) Fast (from Hairway To Steven)
07) Hurdy Gurdy Man (from pioughd)
08) Lonesome Bulldog III (from pioughd)
09) Goofy's Concern (from Independent Worm Saloon)
10) Ulcer Breakout (from Electriclarryland)
11) Lady Sniff (from Psychic, Powerless... Another Mans Sac)
12) Revolution Part 1 (from pioughd)
13) Ah Ha (from Electriclarryland)
14) Dog Inside Your Body (from Independent Worm Saloon)
15) Eindhoven Chicken Masque (from Humpty Dumpty LSD)
16) Blindman (from pioughd)
17) Cough Syrup (from Electriclarryland)
18) Some Dispute Over T Shirt Sales (from Independent Worm Saloon)
19) Human Cannonball (from Locust Abortion Technician)
20) Lonesome Bulldog IV (from pioughd)
21) Cowboy Bob (from Psychic, Powerless... Another Mans Sac)
22) LA (from Electriclarryland)
23) Bar-B-Q Pope (from Butthole Surfers)
24) Dancing Fool (from Independent Worm Saloon)
25) No I'm Iron Man (from pioughd)
26) To Parter (from Cream Corn From The Socket Of Davis)
27) Whirling Hall Of Knives (from Rembrandt Pussyhorse)
28) Good King Wenceslas (from After The Astronaut)

DOWNLOAD BUTTHOLE SURFERS [TRACKS 1-15] (80MB)
DOWNLOAD BUTTHOLE SURFERS [TRACKS 16-28] (88MB)

Monday 23 November 2009

Eat Static

I got a request to post up some Eat Static so here it is.

Eat Static is an electronic music project from Somerset, England formed in 1989 by Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton. They met as drummer and keyboard player (respectively) for the Ozric Tentacles, a long-standing psychedelic space rock band from Somerset. Although Ozric Tentacles incorporated elements of electronic music, Pepler and Hinton were drawn towards the rave oriented dance music. In 1988 they collaborated on a project under the name of Wooden Baby which hinted at early rave and techno sounds as well as numerous other styles, and by 1990, the project had evolved in to Eat Static. They've covered most of the different rave genres, from psychedelic trance to drum & bass and the latest album (Back To Earth) has a definite latin feel to it.

DOWNLOAD EAT STATIC - ABDUCTION SAMPLER (38MB)
DOWNLOAD EAT STATIC - IMPLANT SAMPLER (73MB)
DOWNLOAD EAT STATIC - SCIENCE OF THE GODS SAMPLER (79MB)
DOWNLOAD EAT STATIC - BACK TO EARTH SAMPLER (50MB)

Discography
(1992) Prepare Your Spirit [Alien Records]
(1993) Abduction [Planet Dog Records]
(1994) Implant [Planet Dog Records]
(1997) Science of the Gods [Planet Dog Records]
(2000) Crash and Burn! [Mesmobeat Records]
(2001) In The Nude! [Mesmobeat Records]
(2007) De-Classified [Solstice Music International]
(2008) Back to Earth [Interchill Records]
(2009) Revisitation (Singles Collection) [Planet Dog Records]

* Note: These are only the albums, they released plenty of EPs & singles etc. Check their wiki page for a complete list.

Here's the tracklisting...

tracks taken from Abduction (192kbps)
01) Prana
02) Gulf Breeze
03) Intruder
04) Xenomorph
DOWNLOAD EAT STATIC - ABDUCTION SAMPLER (38MB)

tracks taken from Implant (320kbps)
05) Survivors
06) Abnormal Interference
07) Implant
08) Uforic Undulance
DOWNLOAD EAT STATIC - IMPLANT SAMPLER (73MB)

tracks taken from Science Of The Gods (320kbps)
09) Interceptor (1 & 2)
10) Kryll
11) Spawn
12) Contact...
DOWNLOAD EAT STATIC - SCIENCE OF THE GODS SAMPLER (79MB)

tracks taken from Back To Earth (256kbps)
13) Tuned Mass Damper
14) Pharaoh
15) Up Periscope
16) Dune Rider
DOWNLOAD EAT STATIC - BACK TO EARTH SAMPLER (50MB)

Saturday 21 November 2009

Post Hardcore Part 2

Here's the second part of the post-hardcore/screamo collection that I posted the other day. Again none of these bands are household names so if they're putting on a gig you should go along and support them if you can.

I've only done a few songs from each band so if you like them go and buy the CD. There's a few different bitrates but nothing less than 192kbps. Actually you can find more by Tortuga, Dead Swans & The Plight on this blog already.

DOWNLOAD THE POST HARDCORE SELECTION (approx. 100MB)

DEAD SWANS
Thinking Of You (from It's Starting EP)
20/07/07 (from Southern Blue EP)
Ascension / Ivy Archway (from Sleepwalkers)

THE GHOST OF A THOUSAND
Left For Dead/One For The Road (from This Is Where The Fight Begins)
Canyons Of Static/Running On Empty (New Hopes, New Demonstrations)

THE PLIGHT
Ball & Chain (from Black Summer EP)
From Hell / Lovesick Maniac / Winds Of Osiris (from Winds Of Osiris)

RAGING SPEEDHORN
Dungeon Whippet / Redweed (from Raging Speedhorn)
Different Shade Of Shit/Dead Man Walking (How The Great Have Fallen)
Dignity Stripper / Too Drunk To Give A Fuck (Before The Sea Was Built)

TORTUGA
Bury Me In You (Fatal) / The Laudanum Boys Club / The Tomb Of John Wortley (from Kings Of Albany)

DOWNLOAD THE POST HARDCORE SELECTION (approx. 100MB)

Friday 20 November 2009

Post Hardcore Part 1

This is the first part of a collection of some of the post-hardcore / screamo bands that I've found myself listening to. None of these bands are household names (except maybe Gallows who are getting there) so if they're putting on a gig you should go along and support them if you can.

I've only done a few songs from each band so if you like them go and buy the CD. There's a few different bitrates but nothing less than 192kbps.

DOWNLOAD THE POST HARDCORE SELECTION (approx. 95MB)

ARCHITECTS
A Portrait For The Deceased (from Nightmares)
Buried At Sea / Runnng From The Sun (from Ruin)
Numbers Count For Nothing / We're All Alone (from Hollow Crown)

BLACKHOLE
Harness / Witches (from Harness EP)

CANCER BATS
Golden Tanks / Shillelagh (from Birthing The Giant)
Harem Of Scorpions / Let It Pour / Sorceress (from Hail Destroyer)

GALLOWS
I Promise This Wont Hurt / In The Belly Of The Shark / Will Someone Shoot That Fucking Snake (from Orchestra Of Wolves)
Graves / The Great Forgiver (from Grey Britain)

POISON THE WELL
Letter Thing / Naive Monarch (from Versions)
Celebrate The Pyre / Makeshift Clay You (from The Tropic Rot)

DOWNLOAD THE POST HARDCORE SELECTION (approx. 95MB)

Thursday 12 November 2009

Five Horse Johnson

Five Horse Johnson are a five piece blues/southern rock band from Ohio in the US. They play a combination of standard blues & southern rock with a little stoner style thrown in for good measure. They're not breaking any new musical boundaries but if you like some good stomping blues rock then you should definitely give them a listen.

DOWNLOAD FIVE HORSE JOHNSON (Tracks 1 to 10)
DOWNLOAD FIVE HORSE JOHNSON (Tracks 11 to 20)

Discography
(1996) Blues For Henry
(1997) Double Down
(1998) Fat Black Pussy Cat
(2000) No. 6 Dance
(2003) Last Men On Earth
(2006) The Mystery Spot

* All the above albums are on Small Stone Recordings and are available in their online store.

Here's the tracklisting...
01) Let Me In
02) Sermons In The Yard
03) Wishing Well
from Blues For Henry (320kbps)

04) Downstone Blues
05) Roll With You
06) Submission [Sex Pistols cover]
from Double Down (192kbps)

07) Lightning When I Need
08) Bleachin' Bones
09) Dead Language
from Fat Black Pussy Cat (192kbps)

10) Spillin' Fire
11) Shine Around
12) Buzzard Luck
from No. 6 Dance (192kbps)

13) Soul Digger
14) Blood Don't Pay
15) Love 2 Lose
from Last Men On Earth (256kbps)

16) The Mystery Spot
17) Of Ditch Diggers & Drowning Men
18) Keep Your Prize
19) The Ballad Of Sister Ruth
20) I Can't Shake It
from The Mystery Spot (320kbps)

DOWNLOAD FIVE HORSE JOHNSON (Tracks 1 to 10)
DOWNLOAD FIVE HORSE JOHNSON (Tracks 11 to 20)

Friday 6 November 2009

DJ Embryo

Well it was just a matter of time... here's a collection of some of the tunes I've written. I'm not really sure how to class it, there's some drum & bass, a couple of techno tracks and some other dance/electronica songs. A bit like The Prodigy, Orbital, stuff like that. Whatever it is, all the tracks are by me from around 2000/2001. Normally Im not that bothered about you leaving comments (tho' I'd rather you did :) but after listening to this I would really appreciate any comments you can give me :)

I do have a Last FM page, click here to open it

Here's the tracks (320kbps)...
01) Flat Line
02) Touchwood
03) Temple Of Paradise
04) Swamp Thing
05) The Hunted
06) Far Away
07) Robot Dog

DOWNLOAD DJ EMBRYO

Monday 2 November 2009

System 7

I'm an old hippy at heart and I have a definite soft spot for the music of Steve Hillage. As well as playing in bands like Gong, Khan & Arzachel he also released many albums as a solo artist. Not only all that (and also his production work) he and Miquette Giraudy also started up System 7, a dance/electronica group similar in vein to The Orb & Eat Static but with his own style. This is a collection of some of my favourite System 7 tracks. They have a new(ish) album out which you should go and buy :)

DOWNLOAD PART 1 OF THE SYSTEM 7 COLLECTION [Tracks 1 to 7]
DOWNLOAD PART 2 OF THE SYSTEM 7 COLLECTION [Tracks 8 to 17]

Discography
1991 System 7 [Released as 777 in the US]
1993 777
1994 Point 3: Fire Album
1994 Point 3: Water Album
1996 Power Of Seven
1996 System Express
1997 Golden Section
2001 Seventh Wave
2002 Mysterious Traveller
2004 Encantado
2005 Mirror System
2006 Live Transmissions
2008 Phoenix

All the above CDs are available from the A-Wave Webshop (and other good stockists :)

Here's the tracklisting (192kbps except 777 which is 320kbps)...
01) Sunburst [from System 7]
02) Miracle [from System 7]
03) 7-7 Expansion (Conspiracy Mix) [from 777]
04) Desir (Ghost Mix) [from 777]
05) Sinbad [from 777]
06) Quest (Moon Mix) [from 777]
07) Sirenes [from Point 3:Fire Album]
08) Coltrane (Fire Mix) [from Point 3:Fire Album]
09) Jupiter! [from Point 3:Fire Album]
10) Mysterious Traveller (Dust Devils Mix) [from Point 3:Water Album]
11) Gliding On Duotone Curves (Cascade Mix) [Point 3:Water Album]
12) Interstate [from Power Of Seven]
13) Good Morning [from Power Of Seven]
14) To The Power Of Seven [from Power Of Seven]
15) Hangar 84 [from Power Of Seven]
16) Chicago Indian [from Power Of Seven]
17) Mektoub [from Power Of Seven]

DOWNLOAD PART 1 OF THE SYSTEM 7 COLLECTION [Tracks 1 to 7]
DOWNLOAD PART 2 OF THE SYSTEM 7 COLLECTION [Tracks 8 to 17]

Saturday 31 October 2009

Send More Paramedics

Seeing as it's halloween I thought Id post up some zombie-core. Send More Paramedics were a horror hardcore/thrash band from Leeds in the UK.

Unfortunately they split in 2007 but they released 3 full albums and a couple of split LPs whilst they were together.


Discography
2002 A Feast For The Fallen (In At The Deep End Records)
2004 The Hallowed And The Heathen (In At The Deep End Records/Hellbent Records)
2005 Tales Told By Dead Men [Split with Zombie Apocalypse] (In At The Deep End Records/Hellbent Records)
2005 South Of Heaven, North Of England [Split EP with The Nothing] (Thirty Days Of Night Records)
2006 The Awakening (In At The Deep End Records)

DOWNLOAD SEND MORE PARAMEDICS

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Kingdom Of The Undead
02) Aim For The Head
03) The Hordes
04) Cannibal
05) Brains
06) Resurrection Cemetry
07) The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
taken from A Feast For The Fallen

08) The Hallowed
09) Driven To Destruction
10) Half-Life
11) I Can Feel Myself Rotting
12) Burning The Body
13) Cranial Blowout
14) The Heathen
taken from The Hallowed And The Heathen

15) Follow Your Programming
16) Twilight Of The Flies
17) Disaster Song
18) This Crowd Is Crushing Me
19) The Unclean
20) Anthropophagi
21) I Am Every Dead Thing
taken from The Awakening

DOWNLOAD SEND MORE PARAMEDICS

Friday 23 October 2009

Punk Collection (1977 & 1978)

Here's a selection of some early punk songs, well I'm pretty sure all these were released in either 1977 or 1978 so that's pretty early. I've deliberately avoided putting on any tracks by the bigger bands, such as the Sex Pistols or The Clash because you've already heard them so this concentrates on the lesser known acts from that era. Great bands like Swell Maps with their trashy style, X-Ray Spex with Poly Styrene screeching lyrics about consumerism and media control 20 years before it became fashionable and then there's the 'working class, council estate street' punk from the likes of Slaughter & The Dogs & Menace. Hope you enjoy it :)

Most of the tracks are in 320kbps mp3 format but there are some that are 256 or 192kbps. I've split the download into two parts, tracks 1 to 20 in part 1 and the rest in part 2. Each part is around 100MB in size.

DOWNLOAD THE PUNK COLLECTION (1977 / 1978) [PART1]
DOWNLOAD THE PUNK COLLECTION (1977 / 1978) [PART2]

01) Read About Seymour [Swell Maps]
02) Thinkin' Of The USA [Eater]
03) I Am A [Plain Characters]
04) On Me [The Bears]
05) GLC [Menace]
06) 12XU [Wire]
07) No Pity [999]
08) Fascist Dictator [The Cortinas]
09) Another Song [Swell Maps]
10) Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone [Slaughter & The Dogs]
11) I Can't Stand My Baby [The Rezillos]
12) The Day The World Turned Day Glo [X-Ray Spex]
13) Buy Me Sell Me [Patrik Fitzgerald]
14) Here We Are Nowhere [Stiff Little Fingers]
15) Ain't Got A Clue [The Lurkers]
16) Police Oppression [Angelic Upstarts]
17) Flying Duck Theory [The Vibrators]
18) Gary Gilmore's Eyes [The Adverts]
19) In A Rut [The Ruts]
20) Full Moon In My Pocket [Swell Maps]
21) Nasty Nasty [999]
22) Ambition [Subway Sect]
23) Fast Cars [The Buzzcocks]
24) Art School [The Jam]
25) Shot By Both Sides [Magazine]
26) Killing An Arab [The Cure]
27) Big Time [Rudi]
28) (I Belong To) The Blank Generation [Richard Hell & The Voidoids]
29) Vertical Slum [Swell Maps]
30) Outside View [Eater]
31) Bad Guy Reaction [The Rezillos]
32) Alternative Ulster [Stiff Little Fingers]
33) Oh Shit [The Buzzcocks]
34) Decisions [The Bears]
35) Destroy [The Vibrators]
36) Total War [The Lurkers]
37) I Am A Cliche [X-Ray Spex]
38) Emergency [999]
39) Ex-Lion Tamer [Wire]
40) H.S. Art [Swell Maps]

DOWNLOAD THE PUNK COLLECTION (1977 / 1978) [PART1]
DOWNLOAD THE PUNK COLLECTION (1977 / 1978) [PART2]

Sunday 18 October 2009

Folk & Blues Collection

Here's a collection of some folk & blues music from all sorts of different artists. There are 21 different tracks and will fit on a CD if you want to make yourself a copy. The cover of NWA's Straight Outta Compton by Nina Gordon is worth the admission price alone ;)

DOWNLOAD FOLK & BLUES COLLECTION [130MB]

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Embryonic Journey [Jefferson Airplane]
02) Down To The River To Pray [Alison Krauss]
03) Nobody's Fault But Mine [John Redbourn]
04) 1952 Vincent Black Lightning [Richard Thompson]
05) Big Yellow Taxi [Joni Mitchell]
06) Son Of A Preacher Man [Dusty Springfield]
07) Blackwater Side [Bert Jansch]
08) Crazy Mama [J.J. Cale]
09) Dance Of The Inhabitants [John Fahey]
10) Somebody's Callin' My Name [Ry Cooder]
11) Straight Outta Compton [Nina Gordon]
12) In My Time Of Dying [Blind Willie Johnson]
13) Summertime [Santo & Johnny]
14) Relax [Leon Redbone]
15) Shake 'Em On Down [Bukka White]
16) The Way It Was [The Brian Jonestown Massacre]
17) She Likes It [Owen Hand]
18) Here Comes The Sun [Richie Havens]
19) She Moved Thru The Bizarre Blue Ragga [Davey Graham]
20) Travelling Roadside Blues [Robert Johnson]
21) Clothes Of Sand [Nick Drake]

DOWNLOAD FOLK & BLUES COLLECTION [130MB]

Monday 12 October 2009

Acid Steve - Techno Mix

Here's an excellent techno mix by Acid Steve that he did in May 2009. It was done as a tribute to the London squat parties and there are some superb tracks on here (check out the Specials bootleg tune) so I definitely recommend grabbing this now. There's also a My Space page for Acid Steve if you want to check it out.



[NEW] DOWNLOAD ACID STEVE - SQUAT PARTY TRIBUTE MIX

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Stronger French Jack [Gunjack] (JACKED)
02) Man Alive [Devilfish] (BUSH)
03) Destination Remix [DAVE The Drummer] (MORE PUNK THAN FUNK)
04) Offline [DAVE The Drummer] (POLYMERIC)
05) Horacio Cruz [Malvado] (CIRCUS TECHNO)
06) Pounding Grooves 29
07) Just Kick It (P SERIES)
08) Mito Autobus [DAVE The Drummer & KN] (HIVE)
09) Specials Bootleg
10) The Tokyo Spawn Remix [Ant and KN] (Smitten Remix)
11) Blipped Out [Mr Burns & Guy McAffer] (BLIPPED)
12) Analogue Retention [Trip Hazard] (STAY UP FOREVER)
13) Dig It [DDR] (STAY UP FOREVER)
14) Objection [Chris Liberator, Tiddles, KN] (STAY UP FOREVER)
15) Pump It Up [Kadox] (CLUSTER)
16) The Brain [Maxx] (CARBON AUDIO)
17) Seven Nation Army Bootleg

[NEW] DOWNLOAD ACID STEVE - SQUAT PARTY TRIBUTE MIX


Note: If the above links don't work try the following from mediafire...
DOWNLOAD ACID STEVE - SQUAT PARTY MIX [MEDIAFIRE]

Saturday 10 October 2009

Ian Dury Interview

Here's an interview by Vinyl Mogul with Ian Dury from 1977. Basically it's all about the classic album New Boots & Panties he did with The Blockheads and it has Ian giving an explanation about each track.

INTERESTING ROCK FACT...
The boy on the cover of the album is Ian's son Baxter.

The tracks are as follows...
01) Introduction
02) Wake Up And Make Love To Me
03) Sweet Gene Vincent
04) My Old Man
05) Billericay Dickie
06) Clever Trever
07) If I Was With A Woman
08) Blockheads
09) Plaistow Patricia
10) Blackmail Man
11) A Few Closing Words...An Ode To The Road

DOWNLOAD IAN DURY INTERVIEW (320kbps)

Thursday 8 October 2009

Stranglers - Live (X-Cert)

I've recently been reading No Mercy, the authorised biography of The Stranglers and I'd forgotten what a good band they are. Rather than posting up one of their studio albums I thought I'd do the Live (X-Cert) album released in 1979. It contains tracks recorded at The Roundhouse in June and November 1977 and at Battersea Park in September 1978.
Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
02) Dagenham Dave
03) Burning Up Time
04) Dead Ringer
05) Hanging Around
06) I Feel Like A Wog
07) Straighten Out
08) Curfew
09) Do You Wanna? Death & Night & Blood (Yukio)
10) 5 Minutes
11) Go Buddy Go

DOWNLOAD LIVE (X-CERT) [96MB]

Saturday 3 October 2009

Dead Swans

Formed in Brighton in 2006, Dead Swans have been making a name throughout the UK and Europe with a ferocious blend of hardcore that takes the musical influence from turn of the century Boston hardcore like American Nightmare and Right Brigade. They add a discordant melody and double bass metallic edge that, when combined with vocalist Nick Worthington’s strained voicebox abuse, creates a mix that has been garnering the band global attention (text from Bridge Nine Records website).

Discography
2008 Split EP (with Architects)
2008 Southern Blue EP
2009 It's Starting EP
2009 Sleepwalkers LP

Here's the tracks for download (320kbps)...

Swallow (from Split EP - with Architects)
Lines Of Separation (from Southern Blue EP)
Dead Until Dark (from Southern Blue EP)
The Hanging Sun (from Southern Blue EP)
Fix Me [Black Flag Cover] (from It's Starting EP)
Ascension (from Sleepwalkers CD)
20/07/07 (from Sleepwalkers CD)
Winter Overture (from Sleepwalkers CD)
Hide And Seek (from Sleepwalkers CD)
Montpellier To Home (from Sleepwalkers CD)

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Friday 25 September 2009

Blyth Power - 1986 Demos

Here's a couple more demo's from Blyth Power (this is the last one I'll be posting up... honest). They were both recorded in 1986 at the Street Level Studios. There's also some of their other demo's from 84 & 85, as well as A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night. Click here to see them all.

I got this recording from an excellent music blog called Kill Your Pet Puppy. If you like anarcho-punk, new wave & reggae etc. then it's definitely worth a visit and seeing what you can find.

Here's the tracklisting (128kbps mp3)...
Demo 1
01) John O'Gaunt
02) Goodbye General To Lose
03) Lady Politic

Demo 2
04) Marious Moves
05) Father O'Brien
06) Stand Into Danger
07) Caligula
08) Bricklayer's Arms
09) The Mermaid

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Blyth Power - 1985 Demo

Here's another demo by Blyth Power. This was recorded in 1985 in the Street Level Studios. There's some of their other demo's from 84 & 86, as well as A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night. Click here to see them all.

I got this recording from an excellent music blog called Kill Your Pet Puppy. If you like anarcho-punk, new wave & reggae etc. then it's worth a visit and seeing what you can find.

Here's the tracklisting (128kbps mp3)...
01) Ffucke-Masticke Room
02) Junction Signal
03) My Lady's Games
04) Chevy Chase
05) God Has Gone Wrong Again
06) Song Of The Third Cause

DOWNLOAD BLYTH POWER 1985 DEMO

Blyth Power - 1984 Demo

Here's an early demo by Blyth Power recorded in 1984. There are some of their other demo's from 85 & 86, as well as A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night. Just click here to see them all.

I got this recording from an excellent music blog called Kill Your Pet Puppy. If you like anarcho-punk, new wave & reggae etc. then it's definitely worth a visit and seeing what you can find.

Here's the tracklisting (128kbps mp3)...
01) Smoke From Cromwell's Time
02) Hurling Time
03) Chevy Chase
04) The Rookery
05) Ffucke-Masticke Room
06) My Lady's Games
07) Fang Over Lip
08) Me And Mr Absolutely

DOWNLOAD BLYTH POWER 1984 DEMO

Wednesday 23 September 2009

Congo Natty (Jungle Mix)

Here's a 60 minute jungle / drum & bass mix by Mark S. It mainly consists of tracks from the Congo Natty label but there is some other stuff as well.

I've tried to split the mix into the individual songs but I don't think it's entirely correct so the tracks may not exactly match the full listing below.

Here's the tracklisting (192kbps mp3)...
Junglist 2005 (Ray Keith RMX)
[Champion DJ (Blue Print Mix) - Blackstar ft. Top Cat]
[Sound Clash Dub - Blackstar feat. Top Cat]
Exodus - Lion Of Judah
Bingyman RMX - Lion Of Judah & Ronnie Thwaites
Murdah (Ray Keith RMX)
Bigga Judgement
Police In Helicopters RMX - Ray Keith VS Original - Congo Natty
Police In Helicopters
[His Imperial Majesty (Instrumental V) - Tribe Of Issachar ft. Top Cat]
Ambitionz Az A Ridah (Nu-Mixx) - 2PAC - Deathrow
Peace
Jungle Warrior (ft. Phillip Levy)
Mystical Vibration - Lion Of Judah
Fever (98 RMX) - Tribe Of Issachar
Press Button (?)
Ghetto Life
No Sell Out
[His Imperial Majesty (Jungle Mix) - Tribe Of Issachar ft. Top cat]
Tribal Natty ('97 RMX) - Tribe Of Issachar ft. Peter Bouncer
Lion Did Crown (99 RMX)
Banana Boat Man - X Project feat. Junior Reid & Supercat
Seven Seas
Code Red (98 RMX) - Conquering Lion
Jungle Flow
Stevie Hyper D Tribute
Dubplate Vol.1/Old School Ting - X Project

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Monday 21 September 2009

Stop That Train Reggae Mix

Here's a mix of some reggae, dub & a bit of dubstep. It was mixed by Version Big-Fi as part of the Stop That Train series. I'm not sure where I got this mix from but after a bit of searching I found the Stop That Train Blogspot where there are many more reggae & dub mixes available. If you like this mix then I recommend giving the Stop That Train site a visit.




Heres the tracklisting (192kbps mp3)...
01) Dub Zone [Dub Plate Vibes Crew]
02) Xterminator Dub [Dirty Dub Fakirs]
03) 2008 A Dub Odyssey [Messian Dread]
04) Target (Moat Mix) [Small Axe (Aka The Ruts)]
05) This Is The Law (Big-Fi Dub) [Version Big-Fi]
06) Psalms 87.2 [Sir Coxsone Sound]
07) The Way It Is / Version [Ricky Storm (I Kong)]
08) Blue Monday (Remix) [Version Big-Fi vs. New Order]
09) Sensi Dub [Cotti & Cluekid]
10) Entopy Dub [Port Brasta Crew]
11) A Wolf At The Door [Dub Tribute To Radiohead]
12) Skeng (Version Big-Fi Mix) [The Bug Feat, Killa P & Flow Dan]
13) Cockney Translation [Smiley Culture]
14) Popeye Ska [The Granville Williams Orchestra]

DOWNLOAD THE STOP THAT TRAIN MIX

Friday 11 September 2009

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra was the creation of classically-trained guitarist, composer and arranger Simon Jeffes. Jeffes and cellist co-founder Helen Liebmann were the only core members throughout its life; a number of other musicians appeared on the PCO's six studio albums according to the requirements of particular pieces.

The Penguin's sound is not easily categorized, but has elements of exuberant folk music and a minimalist aesthetic occasionally reminiscent of composers such as Philip Glass (text from wikipedia.org).

Here's the tracklisting (256 mp3)...
01) Music For A Found Harmonium
02) Paul's Dance
03) Heartwind
04) Giles Farnaby's Dream
05) Telephone And Rubber Band
06) Beanfields
07) Perpetuum Mobile
08) From The Colonies
09) Another One From The Colonies
10) In The Back Of A Taxi
11) Air A Danser
12) Milk
13) More Milk
14) Prelude And Yodel
15) Penguin Cafe Single
16) White Mischief

DOWNLOAD PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA

Wednesday 9 September 2009

American Hardcore II (ORIG POST)

Here's the second part of the American Hardcore punk and thrash compilations I did. Again this will all fit nicely onto a single CD and I've even included front and back covers if you would like to burn yourself a copy :)






NOTES:
The CD cover is basically copied from The History Of American Hardcore DVD which is well worth a watch if you can. There is also a soundtrack album available from the DVD... but mine are better :)
... And yes I know The Stupids were from the UK ;)

[AUG 2012] NEW LINK (NETKUPS)
DOWNLOAD AMERICAN HARDCORE II COLLECTION

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Demonomania [The Misfits]
02) Snob [Gang Green]
03) Repeat [Negative FX]
04) Straight Jacket [Jerry's Kids]
05) Good Intentions [Gorilla Biscuits]
06) Little Big Man [J.F.A.]
07) Killed By A Cripple [Stupids]
08) Don't Need It [Bad Brains]
09) Pisstest (Demo Version) [Th'Inbred]
10) Pay To Come Along [M.D.C.]
11) Devilock [The Misfits]
12) Idntfs [Negative FX]
13) Sacrifice Not Suicide [The Freeze]
14) Lie Lie Lie [Gang Green]
15) Pressure [Negative Approach]
16) Waiting For You [D.O.A.]
17) Tear It Up [Jerry's Kids]
18) We Don't Need Freedom [Saccharine Trust]
19) Frankfurter [Stupids]
20) Pride [Hüsker Dü]
21) Too Late [J.F.A.]
22) Vampira [The Misfits]
23) Degradation [Gorilla Biscuits]
24) Citizens Arrest [Negative FX]
25) Funeral March [T.S.O.L.]
26) The Positive Swan Song (Live) [Th'Inbred]
27) Attitude [Bad Brains]
28) Break The Mold [Jerry's Kids]
29) Katrina [Riot Cop]
30) Fair Warning [Negative Approach]
31) Broken Bones [The Freeze]
32) Kill A Commie [Gang Green]
33) U.S.A. [Reagan Youth]
34) We Bite [The Misfits]
35) Pecking Order [M.D.C.]
36) Sleeping Troubles [Stupids]
37) Allegiance [The Proletariat]
38) Protestor [Negative FX]
39) Kick You [J.F.A.]
40) Forgotten [Gorilla Biscuits]
41) Fucked Up Baby [D.O.A.]
42) No Time [Jerry's Kids]
43) Radio Unix U.S.A. [F.U.S.E.]
44) Narrow Mind [Gang Green]
45) Pay To Cum [Bad Brains]
46) Beyond The Threshold [Hüsker Dü]
47) I Have [Saccharine Trust]
48) Queen Wasp [The Misfits]
49) New Gods [Meat Puppets]
50) Apathy [Riot Cop]
51) Baby, Let's Play Exile [Th'Inbred]
52) Peace Through Power [T.S.O.L.]
53) Sick Of Talk [Negative Approach]
54) Idiots At Happy Hour [The Freeze]
55) I Don't Like You [J.F.A.]
56) I Know Better [Negative FX]
57) I Don't Care [Gang Green]
58) Your Little World [Stupids]
59) Stand Still [Gorilla Biscuits]
60) D.O.A. [D.O.A.]
61) Cracks In The Walls [Jerry's Kids]
62) L Dopa [Big Black]
63) Domination [Youth Youth Youth]
64) Together [Negative FX]
65) Green Hell [The Misfits]

[AUG 2012] NEW LINK (NETKUPS)
DOWNLOAD AMERICAN HARDCORE II COLLECTION



Note: If the above links don't work try the following from Rapidshare...
DOWNLOAD AMERICAN HARDCORE II [RAPIDSHARE]

Tuesday 8 September 2009

American Hardcore I (ORIG POST)

Here's a collection of some of the best of American Hardcore punk and thrash. This is this first in a couple of compilations I did and Part 2 will be available next week. Each one fits nicely on a CD and there is front and back covers if you want to burn yourself a copy :)





NOTES:
The CD cover is basically copied from The History Of American Hardcore DVD which is well worth a watch if you can. There is also a soundtrack album available from the DVD... but mine are better :)

[AUG 2012] NEW LINK (NETKUPS)
DOWNLOAD AMERICAN HARDCORE I COLLECTION

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Stupid, Stupid War [D.R.I.]
02) Pisstest [Th'Inbred]
03) Poison Planet [Corrosion Of Conformity]
04) Victim In Pain [Agnostic Front]
05) Spread [7 Seconds]
06) Red Tape [Circle Jerks]
07) Witch World [Battalion Of Saints]
08) Guilty Of Being White [Minor Threat]
09) I Hate Myself [Offenders]
10) I Hate Work [MDC]
11) I've Heard [Dag Nasty]
12) Came Without Warning [Scream]
13) Human Waste [D.R.I.]
14) United And Strong [Agnostic Front]
15) Hate [Gang Green]
16) No Drunk [Corrosion Of Conformity]
17) Positive Song [Th'Inbred]
18) Drug Control [7 Seconds]
19) Out Of Vogue [Middle Class]
20) Too Much Fun [Battalion Of Saints]
21) Bad Attitude [Articles Of Faith]
22) Wasted [Circle Jerks]
23) Marriage [D.R.I.]
24) I Don't Wanna Hear It [Minor Threat]
25) Your Mistake [Agnostic Front]
26) Dick For Brains [MDC]
27) Middle Class Refugees [Th'Inbred]
28) Second Coming [Battalion Of Saints]
29) Regress No Way [7 Seconds]
30) Fed Up [Offenders]
31) Rabid Dogs [Corrosion Of Conformity]
32) In Your Eyes [Circle Jerks]
33) Joshua's Song [Bad Brains]
34) Counter Attack [D.R.I.]
35) Can I Say [Dag Nasty]
36) Time Will Come [Agnostic Front]
37) Straight Edge [Minor Threat]
38) Have Fun [Gang Green]
39) Inter Course [Battalion Of Saints]
40) Satan Youth [Th'Inbred]
41) New Wind [7 Seconds]
42) Center Of The World [Corrosion Of Conformity]
43) Inside The Middle [Offenders]
44) Meet The Press [Circle Jerks]
45) Bail Out [D.R.I.]
46) Radioactive Chocolate [MDC]
47) Shoot His Load [Agnostic Front]
48) Attitude [Bad Brains]
49) Justification [Dag Nasty]
50) Friend Or Foe (1983 Demo) [Negative Approach]
51) Modern Day Hero [Battalion Of Saints]
52) Walk Together Rock Together [7 Seconds]
53) Hardcore Inc [Th'Inbred]
54) Seeing Red [Minor Threat]
55) Broken Will [Corrosion Of Conformity]
56) Boiling Point [SS Decontrol]
57) Product Of My Environment [Circle Jerks]
58) Reaganomics [D.R.I.]
59) Fight Back [Offenders]
60) Who Are You/Time To Do [Void]

[AUG 2012] NEW LINK (NETKUPS)
DOWNLOAD AMERICAN HARDCORE I COLLECTION



Note: If the above links don't work try the following from Rapidshare...
DOWNLOAD AMERICAN HARDCORE I [RAPIDSHARE]

Tuesday 1 September 2009

Dubstep Mix

This is a 30 minute collection of some dubstep mixed by DJ Mikron. Dubstep is a genre of electronic music that has its roots in London's early 2000's UK garage scene. Musically, dubstep is distinguished by its 2step rhythm, or use of snare sounds similar to 2step garage & grime, & an emphasis on bass, often producing "dark" sounds, but just as frequently producing sounds reminiscent of dub reggae.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps mp3)...
01) I Dont Give A Dub [Cotti]
02) Halogen [Cluekid]
03) Fallen (Vex'd Remix) [Distance]
04) Night (Remix) [Benga And Coki]
05) Chainsaw [16Bit]
06) In The Death Car [16Bit]
07) Coast II Coast [DZ]

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Friday 28 August 2009

Acid Techno Mix

Here's some more acid techno for your listening pleasure. It's a 1 hour 20 mix by Sleepyhollow from the 15th August 2009. It's all in one big 320kbps mp3 file.

It starts off pretty minimal but soon gets going into another cracking acid extravaganza.




Here's the playlist...
(it's mainly in order but some B sides as well)

Sono Pirate Unit 1
P Series 32
Scythe Squadron 5
Route Master Repress 6
DJAX UP 387
Route Master Repress 7
Stay up Forever 91
Wah Wah 21
Scythe Squadron 4
Tripsykore 1
Acid Cirkus 4
Wah Wah 22
Stay up Forever 93


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Tuesday 25 August 2009

Crucial Electro 3

Well here's the third and final album from the Street Sounds Crucial Electro series. Like the first one this was mixed by Herbie 'Mastermind' Laidley. It was originally released in 1987. All tracks are in 192kbps mp3 format.

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Here's the tracklisting

01) Alice [Full Force]
02) Can You Feel It [Original Concept]
03) (Nothing Serious) Just Bugging [Whistle]
04) Bassline [Mantronix]
05) Bite This [Roxanne Shante]
06) Why Is It Fresh [D.ST]
07) Itchiban Scratch [Chris The Glove Taylor]
08) Jam On Revenge [Newcleus]
09) Running [Information Society]
10) 808 Beats [The Unknown DJ]
11) Broadway [Duke Bootee]
12) Hold It Now Hit It [Beastie Boys]
13) South Bronx [Boogie Down Productions]
14) Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble [DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]
15) Friends [Whodini]
16) Mr Big Stuff [Heavy D & The Boys]
17) Rock The Bells [LL Cool J]
18) The Manipulator [Mixmaster Gee & The Turntable Orchestra]
19) Roxanne, Roxanne [UTFO]
20) The Show [Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew]

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Monday 24 August 2009

Crucial Electro 2

Here's the second Street Sounds Crucial Electro album, this one is mixed by DJ Maurice and assisted by DJ Noel. It was originally released in 1984. All tracks are in 192kbps mp3 format.

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Here's the tracklisting

01) Two Three Break [The B Boys]
02) The Party Scene [The Russell Brothers]
03) One For The Treble (Fresh) [Davy DMX]
04) I'm A Pac Man [The Packman]
05) Let The Music Play (Dub) [Shannon]
06) On The Upside [Xena]
07) Planet Rock [Afrika Bambaata & Soulsonic Force]
08) Pac Jam (Looking Out For The OVC) [The Jonzun Crew]

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Sunday 23 August 2009

Crucial Electro 1

This is the first of the Street Sounds Crucial Electro albums, mixed by Herbie 'Mastermind' Laidley. This is the first in the series of 3 (I'll do the other two in the near future) and they're really hard to get hold of so I thought Id post them up.

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Here's the tracklisting (192kpbs mp3)
01) The Smurf [Tyrone Brunson]
02) Light Years Away [Warp 9]
03) Nunk (New Wave Funk) [Warp 9]
04)
Hip Hop Be Bop (Dont Stop) [Man Parrish]
05) Rockit [Herbie Hancock]
06) Electric Kingdom [Twilight 22]
07) Clear [Cybotron]
08) Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) [Hashim]
09) The Return Of Captain Rock [Captain Rock]
10) Wild Style [Time Zone]

DOWNLOAD CRUCIAL ELECTRO 1